World IN BRIEF : RUSSIA : Guards Fire on Other Soldiers, Killing 6
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Two young Russian guards at a border post in the Kuril Islands fired on their fellow soldiers, killing six and wounding three. They said they were angry at being brutally hazed by older soldiers, Russia’s Itar-Tass news agency reported. The two guards also shot at a military helicopter, but the flaming aircraft landed safely.
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